Artist Spotlight: Laura Hunt
Word of the Day; Urgency
ARTIST COMMENTS
This painting was inspired by a street scene I witnessed on a visit to a part of Israel that is not on the typical tourist's itinerary. There's an interesting rhythm created by the legs and feet as they move down the pavement, either rushing away or toward something. And I think the atmosphere of urgency and rushing is a universal human experience.
I paint archetypal subjects in a simplified manner to tell a universal story. Several themes are evident in my figurative art. Human relationships. Human emotion. Social issues. Empathy. Color and body language convey the moment’s emotion, the life experienced by each subject. My characters dwell in ambiguous but familiar environments, inviting the viewer into the narrative to understand, but perhaps also to empathize.
DEFINITION
When something has urgency it requires speedy action. If your weather report is flashing red and predicting a hurricane with record rainfall, that forecast would give some urgency to getting that hole in your roof fixed.
Urgency comes from the Latin urgere, which means "press, or drive," and it's related to the English word urge. If there's urgency to a situation, it's a pressing issue and you have to respond quickly! Urgency also means an earnest and insistent need. When your friend calls and tells you, "Get into the basement, the hurricane is coming," there would be an urgency in your friend's voice that would make you scurry downstairs to safety.
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
“Urgency and despair don't get along well.”― N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate
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